21. Truffaut, the Nouvelle Vague, The 400 Blows

MIT 21L.011 The Film Experience, Fall 2013 View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/21L-011F13 Instructor: David Thorburn Introduce the French New Wave style, with comparisons to Italian neorealism and Hollywood, and use of improvisation, jump cuts, elliptical editing, and self-reflexiveness. Focus on Truffaut and his key films, especially The 400 Blows. 00:00 OCW Intro 00:25 Neo-realisms: Umberto-D and The 400 Blows 15:01 Origins of La Nouvelle Vague 23:53 Key films of 1959-60 29:32 La Nouvelle Vague: style and tone 36:38 Francois Truffaut (1932-1984) 44:38 The 400 Blows License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu